Palestine News Network (PNN)- The Israeli High Court is scrutinizing a ruling in the shooting case of Ashraf Abu Rahma. Israeli forces shot him in western Ramallah’s Nal’in Village, a town active in the nonviolent resistance against the Wall. He was blindfolded and handcuffed when an Israeli soldier shot him at point blank range. Abu Rahma was being held at the time by other soldier.

Fadel Shana’a, cameraman from Reuters, was killed in april by an israeli tank in the Gaza Strip while recording footage for the press agency.

Guardian- The Israeli military will not take action against a tank crew that killed a Reuters television cameraman and eight other Palestinian civilians in Gaza and has defended the decision to shoot as "sound".

In a letter to the Reuters news agency, Israel’s top military lawyer, Brigadier General Avihai Mendelblit, said the troops involved in the shooting in April could not tell whether cameraman Fadel Shana, 24, was holding a camera or a weapon but nonetheless reached a "reasonable conclusion" that he was "hostile".

One of the reasons for the tank crew’s suspicion, said Mendelblit, was that Shana and his soundman were wearing blue flak jackets, which the Israeli military lawyer said were "common to Palestinian terrorists". The jackets were marked with the word "PRESS" and were identical to those worn by journalists reporting on conflicts across the world. Shana’s car also carried large "PRESS" and "TV" markings.

Shana was killed on a day of heavy fighting in Gaza that left 18 Palestinians, nearly all civilians, and three Israeli soldiers dead. Shana arrived shortly after a series of Israeli air strikes in a Gazan village and began filming. The last few seconds of his footage show an Israeli tank on a distant hilltop. There is a flash and a cloud of smoke as the tank fires a shell and moments later a second bright flash close to the camera as dark shapes come shooting out. The tape then goes black.